Refrigerator-car.



A. W. WATSON.

REFRIGERATOR CAR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 13, 1910.

Patented Sept. 27, 1910.

WITNESSES:

THE mamas PETERS co, WASHINGTON, v. c.

ANTHONY W. WATSON, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOBERNARD J. REITZE, 0F JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

REFRIGERATOR-CAR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONYIV. WATSON, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRefrigerator-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to refrigerator cars and its object is to providea solid and substantial construction for these cars in connection withthe refrigerator and its various parts so that its destruction will notresult from the jolt and strain put upon the timbers of the car as isvery often the case in the present construction.

The objects and details of the invention are more fully described in thefollowing specification, set forth in the claims and illustrated in thedrawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of one end of a refrigerator carand through the ice bunker and trough. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional Viewon the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of a castingused in the car.

I11 the construction of refrigerator cars heretofore and especially atthat point where the ice bunker is supported, it has been a source ofweakness where the uprights or studs supporting the bunker have beencarried by the floor of the car. In the latter case, it has beennecessary to support these studs within the drip pan beneath the bunkerand the constant jar and jolt of the car renders the footing of thesestuds insecure and dangerous as it accumulates moisture at the lower endof the studs and causes the stud to wrench and tear the trough so thatthe Water leaks through into the car and ruins and endangers perishablefreight.

The present invention is designed to overcome these objections and torender the drip pan less liable to injury and damage so that it mayproperly perform its function and keep the car free from moisture.

In the drawings, it will be seen that the ice bunker 5 is located asusual at the one or both ends of the car and has the usual perforated orslatted bottom 6, also the openings 7 at the top of the car throughwhich the ice is introduced. The bunker is supported by studs 8 whichare secured at their upper ends to the cross piece 9 while their lowerend is supported by the foot piece 10 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 13, 1910.

Patented Sept. 27, 1910. Serial No. 555,279.

of the casting 11. To uprights 12 which form a part of the framing ofthe car, are secured horizontal base boards 13 running from one side ofthe ear to the other and inclosing between itself and the end of thecar, the trough 141- made of sheet metal and having an outlet 15 beneaththe flooring of the car. The casting 11 fits about one side of the baseboard 13 and down the inside of the trough 14 holding the trough andbase board together and supporting the stud 8 and also a short upright16, the whole being bolted together by means of a bolt 17 which passesthrough the casting 11 at two points, the base board and the studs 8 and16. By this means all of these parts are firmly braced together and whenit is desired to remove the trough or one of these parts, the bolt 17 issimply removed so that the balance of the parts may either remain oralso be removed as desired.

The short upright 16 supports cross pieces 18 upon which rest the slats6 at the lower end of the bunker and the casting 11 is secured to theflooring of the car by means of the foot 19.

Any jarring or jolting of the car or side swing is safely checked bymeans of the casting 11, and all weight from the ice bunker is carriedby this casting alone and the flooring of the car which supports it. Anymovement of these parts against the drip pan is confined to a smallsection at the side of same and the bottom of the pan is entirelyrelieved of any dangerous results which might follow the supporting ofthe studs 8 and 16, so that it is safe from leakage until the pan wearsout from natural causes.

It is obvious that the exact construction as shown in drawings need notbe followed exactly, but that modified details and arrangements may beresorted to without departing from the essential features abovedescribed and covered by the following claims.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a refrigerator car, the combination with a drip pan supported byand having an outlet beneath the flooring of the car, of a base board,studs over the drip pan supporting the ice bunker and a footing for thestuds and securing the drip pan to the base board.

2. In a refrigerator car, the combination with an ice bunker at one endof the car,

of a drip pan beneath the entire bunker and its front end a base boardat one side of the drip pan, studs carrying the bunker, and castingsoverhanging the pan to support the studs and adapted to secure the panto the base board.

3. In a refrigerator car the combination With an ice bunker atone end ofthe car, of studs supporting same, a drip pan beneath the ice bunker, abase board at one side of the drip pan, a casting with a footing for thestuds and a footing to attach it to the flooring of the car andembracing the pan and base board and a bolt passing through the baseboard, the side of the pan, the cast- 15 ing and the studs to hold themtogether.

Signed at Jersey City in the county of Hudson and State of New Jerseythis 24th day of March A. D. 1910.

ANTHONY V. \VATSON.

Witnesses:

V. J. COUGHLIN, E. R. GROFUT.

